Improving health and lives: The Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-32

  Emerson, Eric ^a   Glover, Gyles ^b   Turner, Sue ^c   Greig, Rob ^c   Hatton, Chris ^a   Baines, Susannah ^a   Copeland, Alison ^b   Evison, Felicity ^b   Roberts, Hazel ^a   Robertson, Janet ^a   Welch, Victoria ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b North East Public Health Observatory ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c National Development Team for Inclusion   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disabilities; Learning disabilities; National Health Service; Personal health; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862631863     PISSN: 20441282     EISSN: 20441290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20441281211198835     Document Type: Article

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